Politics
Key bills of Seimas’ autumn session
The Lithuanian parliament has opened its autumn session. Here is a look at the session’s potentially most-contentious bills: […]
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Society
President awarding poet, publicist, translator Venclova
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will Monday confer a state award upon prominent poet, publicist, essayist and translator Tomas Venclova. […]
Society
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Vilnius reacts with irony to inclusion of Pilsudski heart grave image in Polish passports
The Polish interior minister has decided to include in new Polish passports an image of the grave of Jozef Pilsudski‘s mother and the Polish interwar leader’s heart in Vilnius. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s future defense spending to depend on budget, army needs – Seimas speaker
Lithuania’s defense spending in the future will depend on available budget funds and the needs of its Armed Forces, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on Monday, clarifying his position on the matter. […]
Foreign affairs
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Vilnius court resumes 1991 crackdown trial, to open Soviet officer Kotlyarov’s case in October
The Vilnius Regional Court on Monday resumed, after a break of more than two months, proceedings in a mass trial over the January 13, 1991 bloody events in Vilnius with testimonies from victims of the Soviet military crackdown on pro-independence demonstrators. […]
Society
Immigration up in Lithuania in summer, emigration slightly down
The number of people coming to live to Lithuania went up this summer, while emigration numbers slightly declined, however, the number of emigrants still remains above that of immigrants, Statistics Lithuania said on Monday. […]
Economy
Valatka appointed as ELTA’s editor-in-chief
Journalist and reviewer Rimvydas Valatka has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the Lithuanian national news agency ELTA, the company said on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuania should stop raising defense spending – Seimas’ speaker
After Lithuania begins next year to earmark 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to defence, financing of the sector should not grow any further, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
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Environment Minister to discuss Astravyets in Montenegro
Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas is going to the Montenegrin resort of Budva this week to join the international community for a meeting, which will discuss, among other matters, the security of the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus. […]
Energy
Ex-chief of price panel tells about president’s pressure over Vilniaus Energija
Diana Korsakaitė, former chairperson of the Lithuanian National Commission for Energy Control and Prices, told international arbitration about pressure made by President Dalia Grybauskaitė over heating tariffs of Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy) that is operated by French concern Veolia, 15min.lt news portal said on Monday. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled 3 times last week over Russian warplanes
NATO fighter-jets serving in the air-policing mission of the Baltic states were last week scrambled three times from Lithuania to intercept Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
World Conference on Constitutional Justice opening Congress in Vilnius
The 4th Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice is starting in Vilnius on Monday, attended by heads of Constitutional Courts of world countries. […]
Economy
Society
Tajik man linked to Islamic terrorists remains at Vilnius airport
Alisher Toshev, a Tajik national who was last week detained at Vilnius Airport over national security concerns, remains in special accommodation premises for asylum-seekers at the airport’s border control area. […]
Energy
Outgoing CEO says his Lietuvos Energija project is over
Dalius Misiūnas says that he has achieved all of his goals at Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy), but acknowledges that his decision to step down as CEO of the state energy group was party due to an uproar over the selection of members of the company’s supervisory board and a related probe by the Special Investigation Service (STT). […]
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Court arrests Russian citizen for 1 mo for unlawful border crossing
A Lithuanian court has issued a one-month arrest warrant for a Russian citizen who claimed to be a Russian border guard after he was detained in an intoxicated condition after unlawfully crossing the Lithuanian border on Saturday. […]
Politics
Lithuania needs real changes, not imitation of reforms – president tells Seimas
Lithuania needs real changes, not imitation of reforms, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in her greeting message to the parliament on the start of the new fall session. […]
Politics
Conservatives, Farmers heading poll
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) top the popularity list of parties, shows a poll conducted for delfi.lt news portal by Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys) pollster. […]